UN General Assembly set to demand Gaza ceasefire
The U.N. General Assembly appeared set to demand on Tuesday an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the two-month long conflict between Israel and Hamas after the United States vetoed such ...
More US aid can’t help Ukraine, Kremlin says
The United States cannot turn the tide of war in Ukraine by pumping tens of billions more dollars into the country, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, ahead of planned talks ...
Israel pounds Gaza as hunger spreads, disease risk grows
Israeli tanks and warplanes carried out new strikes on southern Gaza on Tuesday, and the U.N. said aid flows to Palestinians facing growing hunger had largely dried up because ...
PM Rishi Sunak’s high-stakes battle over controversial Rwanda asylum plan
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces the biggest parliamentary test of his premiership on Tuesday when lawmakers vote on his divisive plan to send asylum seekers to live in Rwanda.
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UK pay growth slows but probably still too high for BoE
British wage growth slowed more than expected in the three months to the end of October, official data showed, but pay is probably still increasing too quickly to persuade the ...
Vanishing act: The mystery of Alexei Navalny’s prison disappearance
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s location inside the prison system remains unknown and he again did not show up at a court hearing by video link, Kira Yarmysh, his ...
Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid on West Bank’s Jenin
Four Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in a drone strike during an Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, the Palestinian health ministry ...
Hunger rises in Gaza as UN prepares to vote on ceasefire resolution
Hunger was worsening among Palestinians in the besieged Gaza strip, aid agencies said, as the United Nations General Assembly prepared to vote on Tuesday on an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in ...
Israel has no intention of staying permanently in Gaza -defence minister
Israel’s defence minister on Monday said his country has no intention of staying permanently in the Gaza Strip and that it was open to discussing alternatives about who would ...
Mexico president to push forward anti-vape bill
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador plans to present a law banning e-cigarettes and vapes before he leaves office in 2024, he said on Monday, after the supreme court overruled his ...
Activists calling for Gaza ceasefire protest in US Senate office building
Several dozen activists calling for the United States to push for a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas briefly protested in a U.S. Senate office building on Monday before ...
US seeks speedy Supreme Court review of Trump claim he is immune from prosecution
The U.S. special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump on federal charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat asked the Supreme Court on Monday to launch a fast-track review of ...
US in talks with Nvidia about AI chip sales to China – Raimondo
The Biden administration is in discussions with Nvidia Corp NVDA.O about permissible sales of artificial intelligence chips to China but emphasized that it cannot sell its most advanced semiconductors ...
‘Putin is vulnerable’: Navalny camp to tap voter concerns
With his hands on all the levers of power in Russia, Vladimir Putin cannot be beaten in a presidential election, top aides to jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny say.
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‘Worst Christmas ever’ in birthplace of Jesus as impact of war empties Bethlehem
Bethlehem is normally at its busiest at Christmas but this year war has scared away tourists and pilgrims from the Palestinian town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, leaving hotels, restaurants ...
Gazans say hunger is causing social breakdown, fuelling fears of exodus into Egypt
Hamas said it was striking back against Israeli forces across Gaza on Monday and Palestinians and international relief agencies said public order was disintegrating as hunger spread, fuelling fears of ...
New COP28 draft deal stops short of fossil fuel ‘phase out’
A draft of a potential climate deal at the COP28 summit on Monday suggested a range of measures countries could take to slash greenhouse gas emissions, but omitted the “phase ...
Sunak battles to unite divided party in pivotal week
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces the most dangerous moment of his premiership this week, when he is due to appear before a COVID-19 inquiry and must win a crunch vote ...
UN marks 75 years of human rights declaration in shadow of Gaza
The U.N. human rights chief urged countries on Monday to work together to defeat threats such as war and pollution at an event to mark 75 years of the Universal ...
COP28: entering the home straight
COP28 has entered the home straight. The summit must conclude by the end of Tuesday, December 12. And it is getting down to the key issues.
As one COP28 delegate put ...
Ukraine says no green light for EU membership talks would be ‘devastating’
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday it would be “devastating” for Kyiv and the European Union if EU leaders do not give his country the green light for ...
Confectioners eye holiday boost as UK shoppers snub expensive gifts
Quality Street maker Nestle and Cadbury owner Mondelez (MDLZ.O) are seeing higher sales of confectionery in Britain this holiday season driven by cash-strapped shoppers seeking cheaper gifts.
Shoppers hit ...
Harvard faculty rally around university president Claudine Gay over antisemitism ‘testimony’
Several hundred faculty members at Harvard University on Sunday signed a petition asking school administrators to not bend to political pressure to fire the school’s president over her Congressional ...
Libertarian Argentine president to unleash shock therapy amidst fiscal crisis
Argentina libertarian economist Javier Milei took office on Sunday warning in his maiden speech that he had no alternative to a sharp, painful fiscal shock to fix the country’s ...